Harvard/Radcliffe Alumni Race at Lucerne World Cup

LUCERNE, Switzerland—Caryn Davies
’05 won gold with the United States women’s eight,
highlighting the performance of Harvard and Radcliffe crew alumni
at the Samsung World Rowing Cup 3 on the Rotsee.

Six other Harvard and Radcliffe athletes also raced at Lucerne,
with Henrik Rummel ’09 and Esther Lofgren ’08-09
earning fourth-place finishes for the U.S. team and Malcolm Howard
’05 placing fifth for Canada.

Davies and the U.S. women’s eight rallied to win gold.
Through 1,500 meters of the final, Canada led the U.S. boat, which
passed the Netherlands in the second 500, by 1.81 seconds. The
Americans caught the Canadians in the final 500 and won by just
over a second in 6:28.35.

The U.S. men’s eight, including Rummel, narrowly missed a
medal. The Americans held second place almost until the finish
line, when the Dutch and British entries edged ahead. The U.S.
missed a medal by one-fifth of a second in 5:45.55, while Germany
claimed gold in 5:43.52.

Lofgren and the U.S. women’s quad came through the
repechage to reach the final and came up 1.2 seconds shy of a medal
in 6:38.81. Germany took the gold, followed by Great Britain and
New Zealand. Howard placed fifth in the men’s single. His
time of 7:29.15 was less than one-quarter second behind the
fourth-place finisher.

Harvard alumni represented two different countries in the
men’s pair, with Cameron Winklevoss ’04 and Tyler
Winklevoss ’04 racing for the United States and Brodie
Buckland ’06 representing Australia.